Back in February, the Opera House hosted the show Elvis Lives and was giving away a prize package. They were giving away tickets to the show, as well as tickets to Graceland and a 2 night stay at the Heartbreak Hotel in Memphis, so I decided to enter myself and Joey. A few weeks later Joey got the call that he won! I was so excited! Joey always has good luck at stuff like that.

I absolutely love Elvis...I don't even know why! I think I'm more fascinated everything. Autobiographies are my favorite and after I read Priscilla's I was obsessed.

Here we are at the show in February...I was I believe 26 weeks pregnant!

Did you know that before Elvis died, the next show he had scheduled was in Lexington? There were all of these sweet older ladies who had had tickets to that show and never got to see him. It was sweet seeing how much they enjoyed the show!

We chose this past weekend to cash in on our trip to Graceland. I can't believe I almost didn't let us go because I was worried about traveling so far with Shepherd. He was an angel! It was one of my favorite weekends :)

My family drove and met us so they could watch Shepherd while Joey and I went on the tour. They are wonderful!

This was my THIRD time going to Graceland. I don't even care. I'm so glad Joey got to go with me :)

Here are some pics from our weekend:

Our babysitters during the tour:

My sweet bebe hanging out with the King at the Heartbreak Hotel.

My husband was such a good sport. I was embarrassing him making him wear the big dslr camera around his neck and taking pictures of me in every single room.

My mom was telling me about someone she knows who has the tradition of special meals she prepares on certain days. Days like Halloween, and the first day of school...She will drive all over town to get the exact ingredients and her kids always look forward to it.

So last week on Halloween, I wanted to start this tradition. Even though Shepherd didn't eat it, I wanted to get it started for me and Joey! Plus his little brother came by and ate with us!

We decided on Pumpkin Sloppy Joes...and they were delicious!

Here is the recipe:

Pumpkin Sloppy Joes

Ingredients:

1 lb ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 clove garlic, minced

8 oz tomato sauce

2 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp mustard

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp salt

8 hamburger buns

American cheese

Directions:

In a large skillet or saucepan, brown ground beef. Drain fat. Add garlic and onion; cook until tender. Stir in the pumpkin, tomato sauce, brown sugar, mustard, chili powder and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Cut cheese slices into shapes to make pumpkin faces. Spoon meat mixture onto buns and top with cheese shapes. Serve with bun top off to side!